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y separately published work icon The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race single work   drama  
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(2019)
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
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'Appleton is a small country town being forced into the present with a recent influx of wealthy city slickers, treechangers and refugees. Simmering tensions come to a head when new GP Penny Anderson discovers that the famous Appleton Potato Race awards $1000 prize money for the men, and a measly $200 for the women. When Penny decides to take steps to restore gender parity and coax Appleton into the 21st century, little could she have anticipated the spiralling, hilarious culture war that would follow.'

Source: Ensemble Theatre.

Production Details

  • Produced by the Ensemble Theatre (world premiere), 22 March to 27 April 2018.

    Director: Priscilla Jackman.

    Cast including Valerie Bader, Merridy Eastman, Amber McMahon, and Sharon Millerchip.

    Presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia at the Royalty Theatre, 4-19 June 2021.

    Director: Elena Carapetis.

    Set and Costume Designer: Kathryn Sproul.

    Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.

    Cast: Genevieve Mooy, Carmel Johnson, Susie Youssef, and Anna Steen.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2019
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2021 .
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      Extent: 60p.p.
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      • Published 22nd January 2021.
      ISBN: 9781760623388
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Works about this Work

The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race Ben Brooker , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 12-18 June 2021;
— Review of The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Melanie Tait , 2019 single work drama

'STCSA’s The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race features an excellent production and performances but can’t conceal the play’s troubling blind spots. By Ben Brooker.'
Spuds and Suds with Comic Heft John McCallum , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 March 2019; (p. 15)
— Review of The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Melanie Tait , 2019 single work drama

'The annual potato race at the Appleton show is dominated by the men. It is a race that involves running while carrying a sack of potatoes. The money prize for the men is five times the amount for the women’s race.' (Introduction)
Spuds and Suds with Comic Heft John McCallum , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 March 2019; (p. 15)
— Review of The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Melanie Tait , 2019 single work drama

'The annual potato race at the Appleton show is dominated by the men. It is a race that involves running while carrying a sack of potatoes. The money prize for the men is five times the amount for the women’s race.' (Introduction)
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race Ben Brooker , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 12-18 June 2021;
— Review of The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Melanie Tait , 2019 single work drama

'STCSA’s The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race features an excellent production and performances but can’t conceal the play’s troubling blind spots. By Ben Brooker.'
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